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The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
is an oil painting on canvas by the Scottish artist
Joseph Noel Paton
. Painted in 1849, it depicts the scene from
William Shakespeare
's comedy play
A Midsummer Night's Dream
, in which the fairy queen
Titania
and fairy king
Oberon
quarrel. When exhibited in Edinburgh in 1850, it was declared the "painting of the season". The painting was acquired by the
National Galleries of Scotland
in 1897, having initially been bought by the Royal Association for Promoting the Fine Arts.
Painting:
Joseph Noel Paton
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